System Locker vs Auth.GG

At a glance

A month-long outage, followed by a shutdown.

When your licensing server goes down, your paying customers cannot use your software. Auth.GG once went offline for more than a month after its TLS certificate lapsed, with little public explanation. That's the kind of downtime that shows up in sales data, and it destroys the trust you spent so much effort building with your customers.

And, according to their own Discord server, Auth.GG is gone. We no longer know who runs it, but one of their top staff members took over the server and used it to declare the service dead in 2025.

System Locker has never had a downtime event of this magnitude. Our uptime is publicly monitored, and we have a track record of reliability that developers can trust. Our Discord link is the same as the day we started, and there's no question about our commitment to your success.

Broken links and missing basics.

Auth.GG's homepage, ostensibly their main marketing page, is riddled with broken links and AI-generated social logos. Try viewing their changelog or privacy policy — good luck! The links are broken. At the bottom of the page, there's a social media section with links to X.com, Instagram, and YouTube. While these links work, the logos are completely hallucinated by AI.

System Locker's documentation, changelog, and privacy policy are all accessible and up to date. The codebase is maintained with full test coverage, so you can trust that the features you rely on will work as expected. Take a look around and see for yourself: we're a different kind of service.

Two pricing pages should not say different things.

Since we're talking about consistency, let's look at Auth.GG's pricing page. It lists a $14.95 lifetime Standard plan with "Unlimited*" applications, users, and logs. Its homepage separately lists Premium at $15/month and Enterprise at $25/month. While the $0.05 difference isn't huge, it's the inconsistency that matters.

And it gets worse: the asterisk points at an undisclosed fair-use line — once you cross it, you are forced to upgrade or leave. System Locker publishes its plan limits up front, so you can predict what you will pay as you grow instead of finding out by hitting a wall.

When something breaks, you should be able to reach someone.

A licensing issue becomes a customer-support issue within minutes. Auth.GG's Trustpilot rating sits at 2.9 out of 5, which is below the platform's own baseline score, and the reviews consistently mention difficulty reaching anyone. System Locker gives you documentation to start from, examples to work with, and a team you can reach when the details of your app need a real conversation.

The pattern extends beyond support. Their GitHub tells a similar story: most repositories haven't been updated in years, and the owner hasn't pushed changes since 2023.

Where Auth.GG may fit.

If you already have a small integration that matches Auth.GG's workflow and you are willing to manage the operational risk yourself, that service can get you to a first release. For a product you intend to support over time, System Locker offers a more dependable place to grow.